Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 2056104142 |
| Date: | Wed Jul 8 17:27:37 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
In neo-impressionism,
the visual phenomena of the
physical
world are, in themselves, unimportant:
the important
thing is feeling, as such.
Such forms, serene and powerful, create disarmingly strong shivers of emotion.
It is important to understand that the
major feature of constructive colour theory
is that it enables the artist
to define the composition in terms of
space,
rather than mass.
Of a sudden,
we see the
diagonal axis
for
strength
curve back and forth,
suggesting
unreliability.
A constantly
changing
network,
the essential identity
of which
is always constant,
is sometimes transformed
by the understanding
of the viewer.
The shapes in this work,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
single-axis asymmetric soft,
closed signs with inner and outer crossings...
An important part of this work is the shapes
contrasting strongly with
the arena of contrasting the senses of sight and smell to indicate a division of space that parallels
our innermost confusion.
The artist avoids
a rectangular grid
to contain the
colours, which thus
subsist in a world of their own making.
``Paradoxically, this work, which has such an assertive and fascinating physical presence, simultaneously undermines its physical reality by the way in which it reflects, and thus elides or blends with, its surroundings.'' [Tate Gallery Guide, 1990, p.262] |
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